Reviving a place for movement, connection & time in nature
We are so excited to share our new project with you:
bringing a yoga retreat center in the south of Styria (Austria) back to life.
This project is the culmination of our dream to create a connection & movement space in nature - we call it "The Yoga Garden".
It will be an addition to our city studio. We will be teaching in Vienna from Monday to Wednesday and then host and teach at The Yoga Garden in Styria from Thursday to Sunday. Imagine doing acroyoga in the city during the week and if you need a break in nature, this is the place to be :)
We feel a strong call to create cozy & intimate retreats where you can recharge and re-connect on an even deeper level, surrounded by wide skies, trees and water.
We’re putting everything we have into it, but to make this dream come true, we need some financial help. This is why we’re starting a Crowdfunding Campaign here on this website and hope that with the help of the community, we can make it happen!
We would be super grateful if you decide to support us with a donation or pre-booking (all options below) before the 15th of September 2026, which is the first deadline of acquiring the land.
Keep scrolling down for all the info and please also reach out if you have any questions.
Ways to support The Yoga Garden
The South of Styria is also sometimes called “the Tuscany of Austria” and it’s a really beautiful landscape - have a look:
The retreat center we found was formerly known as “Stierbauerhof” and is located in the village Neudorf im Sausal (30 mins from Graz, 2.5 hours from Vienna). The previous owners ran it for more than 10 years, but now retire. It has not been used in the last 3 years and needs some love and renovations to operate again.
It's a big land of 13.000 sqm with three buildings, hosting guest rooms for up to 10 people and a yoga room as well as outdoor terraces - the perfect place to connect to nature, spend quality time with like-minded people while doing yoga, acroyoga, dancing, meditation... There are so many possibilities!
Yoga retreats
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Acroyoga Weekends
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Time in nature
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Bed & Breakfast
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Weddings & Events
Yoga retreats ✳︎ Acroyoga Weekends ✳︎ Time in nature ✳︎ Bed & Breakfast ✳︎ Weddings & Events
We are so excited to put our heart and energy into this project. To make "The Yoga Garden" happen, we are asking for your help in the form of a donation or pre-bookings.
The money you give will support us to get a loan from the bank and invest in....
renovating and decorating the guest rooms
planting more fruit trees, flowers and shrubs
designing a permaculture garden
new outdoor furniture and shading system
building an outdoor yoga platform
buying an outdoor tent for acroyoga
building and outdoor kitchen
creating a beautiful pond with water lillies
proper insulation of the rooms for winter retreats
We are currently in the buying process and every donation now helps massively with the negotiations. Should the purchase not happen, you will of course get a full refund of your donation or pre-booking!
Below you find the options to donate or pre-book. Thank you for considering to support our project - every euro is highly appreciated <3
There are three main ways to support The Yoga Garden:
1) Give a donation.
The money you donate is used to renovate, plant flowers & trees and get things going. Any amount helps us so much, whether that’s 5€, 10€ or 20€. If you are in the position to give more money, we have made donation “packages” with symbolic rewards, like leaving an engraved message or being invited for a guided tour around the land.
2) Book a room or retreat in our pre-sale.
Here you choose a package (for example one night, 3 nights or a retreat) that you can use as a voucher for a future event at The Yoga Garden. These prices are a special deal for crowdfunding supporters with a 25% discount on the prices of overnight stays and retreats. You can buy now at this special rate and your purchase remains valid as a voucher for 3 years.
3) Share this project with your friends and family.
We hope that this Crowdfunding will also reach beyond our current network. So if you would forward the link to this page to interested friends and family, it helps us so much! Every contribution brings us one step closer to making this dream happen and we highly appreciate if you send this to a few people who love nature, yoga, retreats or just a nice cycling holiday (the region is perfect for that, too!).
1) Donations
Thank you for supporting our project!
We are grateful and touched that you believe in our vision!
Below you can set a custom amount to donate or choose any of the packages that speaks to you.
Love goes out!
Become part of the “Founders Path”: Your name or personal message will be etched in a stone that is part of a walking path through the garden. You will be contacted after the campaign to submit your message.
Dedicate a rose or flower bush to the garden with your personal message: a dedication to a loved one, poem or wish for the garden. You will be contacted after the campaign to submit your message.
This donation goes straight to creating terraces, buying an outdoor tent and furniture for the garden. As a symbol of your support, you can add a personal message, wish or intention to our Supporters’ Garland. The garland will float in the wind in the garden—a colourful, living reminder of all the people who helped bring this place to life.
Donate a tree and dedicate it to a person, intention or chapter of your life, written on a little plaque next to the tree. You will be contacted after the campaign to submit your message. If you have a wish for a specific tree, let us know :)
We are extremely grateful you’re considering to support the project so generously! All Patrons will be invited to a yearly gathering in 2027, 2028 and 2029 with a guided tour of the Yoga Garden so you can see the evolution of the project that you co-funded. Additionally, your name or message will be featured on a special Patron sculpture in the garden.
2) Pre-sale: Book a stay or retreat with 25% discount
Pre-book one night stay in one of our double or twin rooms (including breakfast) for one person. It can also be used as voucher for any future retreats (taught by Hannah and Alexis or guest teachers). Valid for 3 years. You will get priority access once bookings open. This is a 25% discount special pre-sale price :)
Pre-book a three nights stay in one of our guest rooms (including breakfast) for one person. It can also be used as a voucher for your accommodation at any future retreat (taught by Hannah and Alexis or guest teachers). Valid for 3 years. You will get priority access once bookings open. This is a special 25% discount pre-sale price :)
Participation in the opening gathering and land blessing ritual in spring 2027, including 2 overnight stays, all meals as well as sunset and morning yoga sessions + acroyoga jam. Friday evening - Sunday afternoon, two separate weekends available - if you can’t make it to the opening gathering you can use the amount as a voucher for future retreats by Hannah & Alexis. This is a 25% discount special opening price :) Maximum 2×10 people.
This pre-booking gives you the full retreat experience of any of our future retreats. Including 3 nights of accommodation, full meals and program, whether that’s a handstand, yoga, acroyoga or reflection retreat at “The Yoga Garden”. Valid for 3 years for any Hannah & Alexis retreat. You will get priority access to retreat bookings once they open. This is a special 25% discount pre-sale price :)
You can make your donation or book your pre-sales using the bottons above and go through our secure website check-out. If you prefer to do a direct transfer to our bank account then this also possible and saves us transaction costs. In this case, simply transfer the amount to:
Alexis Valenzuela Espinoza
IBAN: LT47 3250 0986 7113 6466
BIC: REVOLT21
Bank name & adress: Revolut Bank UAB
Konstitucijos ave. 21B, 08130, Vilnius, Lithuania
Pre-sales can be used for all these planned retreats 2027 (and beyond) by Hannah & Alexis
maximum 10 guests each, exact weekend dates coming soon!
April 2027: Acroyoga Spring Retreat
May 2027: Yoga & Inversion Retreat (handstands, headstand, forearm stand for beginners)
June 2027: Mid-Year Reflection Retreat with Hannah (Yoga, Soundbath, Journaling)
July 2027: Acroyoga Summer Retreat
August 2027: Yoga + Inversion Retreat (All levels)
September 2027: Autumn Acroyoga Retreat
October 2027: Cozy Yoga Retreat (Yin + Soundbaths)
December 2027: End of Year Reflection Retreat (Yoga, Soundbath, Journaling)
We plan to teach one retreat per month (April-October)also in the next years.
Are you a yoga teacher who wants to host their own retreat at The Yoga Garden?
Pre-sales are also open for this.
Get in touch via the form below and we send you the details for renting the yoga room for a 3- or 4-day event :)
Who We Are: Hannah & Alexis
In 2021, we met traveling the world going from one acroyoga festival to the next. Soon after, we started teaching together and eventually came to Vienna where we founded Austria’s first and only Acroyoga Studio. We always say this was our first baby - and in 2025, we welcomed a human baby into our family as well :)
Before becoming full-time movement teachers and studio owners, Alexis was working as a PhD-researcher and start-up coach in Brussels and Hannah was a high school teacher for English and Geography/Economics in Vienna.
In the last three years we saw what an incredible community emerged in Vienna and now we have the big dream to add another community hub on the countryside to it.
Our energies are very complementary: Hannah is the whirlwind full of new ideas and Alexis grounds them into reality. If Hannah is the spark, Alexis is the firewood - and together we create a warm fire (cheesy! But that’s also us :)).
Do you have questions about The Yoga Garden?
Or an idea you want to tell us about?
Get in touch with this form! We are always curious to hear your thoughts.
Love,
Hannah & Alexis